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The Pelion Town Council will have two openings when terms expire in November, 2019. Filing for the election opens at noon August 16 and closes at noon August 30. A candidate must be a resident of the Town of Pelion and be a qualified elector. The filing fee is $10. Citizens may file a Statement of Candidacy at the Lexington County Voters Registration and Elections Office, 605 W. Main Street, Lexington, SC. Members whose terms are expiring are Daniel Shumpert and Roger Hoover.

Pelion Library will host technology training August 15 at 10:30 am. Registration is required. A reminder that family trivia night is August 15 at 6 pm for all ages.

Hang the moon around your neck! A moon phase necklace captures the moon from any date and places it into a necklace full of meaning. Choose a special date like a birthday or anniversary to keep special occasions and dates close to you. This event is for grades 4-12 and will be held on August 22 at 6 pm.

Plans are getting underway for the Pelion Peanut Party, which will be November 1 and 2. If you would like to be involved in this event, contact Amy at scpelionpeanutparty@gmail.com.

Happy birthday to Angie Olawsky and Keith Poole.

If you would like your birthday or anniversary listed here, please email the information to kaycollings@earthlink.net.

We’ve been delighted to see a variety of birds at our feeder this year. The Bunting especially has been fun to watch. We have the Indigo Bunting and the Painted Bunting. The male Indigo Bunting is a beautiful, rich indigo-blue, often looking nearly black in the shade. The color is visible when the sunlight strikes the feathers. The male Painted Bunting is especially beautiful with a red breast, blue head, yellow-green wings and the female is a lemon-green color. These birds are a little larger than a finch. They like millet, nyjer, and sunflower chips.